Management network organization approach for clustered and federated storage systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11507546-B2
Application number	US-201916595946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	Jan 31, 2019
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for use in a clustered storage system are provided. Embodiments may include providing, using a management network, one or more of external access to the clustered storage system, management of intra-cluster traffic, management of hypervisor traffic, and access to infrastructure services. Embodiments may further include allowing, using a storage network, access to the clustered storage system from within the clustered storage system and one or more external hosts. Embodiments may also include providing a migration network to allow for mobility of one or more virtual machines within clustered storage system. Embodiments may further include splitting the management network into a public management network and an internal intra-cluster management network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for use in a clustered storage system comprising:
providing, using a management network, one or more of external access to the clustered storage system, management of intra-cluster traffic, management of hypervisor traffic, and access to infrastructure services;
allowing, using a storage network, access to the clustered storage system from within the clustered storage system and one or more external hosts;
providing a migration network to allow for mobility of one or more virtual machines within clustered storage system; and
splitting the management network into a public management network and an internal intra-cluster management network.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically configuring the internal intra-cluster management network.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein automatically configuring is based upon, at least in part, one or more unique local addresses (“ULAs”).

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
if there is at least one failing node, allowing cluster-wide network reconfiguration of the clustered storage system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 further comprising:
wherein cluster-wide network reconfiguration is performed while at least one node of the clustered storage system is down.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the clustered storage system includes a hyper-converged infrastructure (“HCI”) cluster.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein the one or more ULAs are used to eliminate storage stack component editing.

8. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
providing, using a management network, one or more of external access to the clustered storage system, management of intra-cluster traffic, management of hypervisor traffic, and access to infrastructure services;
allowing, using a storage network, access to the clustered storage system from within the clustered storage system and one or more external hosts;
providing a migration network to allow for mobility of one or more virtual machines within clustered storage system; and
splitting the management network into a public management network and an internal intra-cluster management network.

9. The computer-program product of claim 8 further comprising:
automatically configuring the internal intra-cluster management network.

10. The computer-program product of claim 9 wherein automatically configuring is based upon, at least in part, one or more unique local addresses (“ULAs”).

11. The computer-program product of claim 8 further comprising:
if there is at least one failing node, allowing cluster-wide network reconfiguration of the clustered storage system.

12. The computer-program product of claim 11 further comprising:
wherein cluster-wide network reconfiguration is performed while at least one node of the clustered storage system is down.

13. The computer-program product of claim 8 wherein the clustered storage system includes a hyper-converged infrastructure (“HCI”) cluster.

14. The computer-program product of claim 10 wherein the one or more ULAs are used to eliminate storage stack component editing.

15. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations in a clustered storage system comprising:
providing, using a management network, one or more of external access to the clustered storage system, management of intra-cluster traffic, management of hypervisor traffic, and access to infrastructure services;
allowing, using a storage network, access to the clustered storage system from within the clustered storage system and one or more external hosts;
providing a migration network to allow for mobility of one or more virtual machines within clustered storage system; and
splitting the management network into a public management network and an internal intra-cluster management network.

16. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:
automatically configuring the internal intra-cluster management network.

17. The computing system of claim 16 wherein automatically configuring is based upon, at least in part, one or more unique local addresses (“ULAs”).

18. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:
if there is at least one failing node, allowing cluster-wide network reconfiguration of the clustered storage system.

19. The computing system of claim 18 further comprising:
wherein cluster-wide network reconfiguration is performed while at least one node of the clustered storage system is down.

20. The computing system of claim 15 wherein the clustered storage system includes a hyper-converged infrastructure (“HCI”) cluster.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Krivenok Dmitry Vladimirovich

Classifications

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• H04L41/04 Primary

  Network management architectures or arrangements · CPC title

• G06F16/256

  in federated or virtual databases · CPC title

• H04L41/0813

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title

• H04L41/0897

  by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities · CPC title